The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-09

ing the present week on the farm Of Major W.
A. wainwright Forth of the town.
Noblesvile. by actual count now has popu
lation of BOIL
The trial of Thomas j. Ford, charged with
consnIring with others to burn the Touring mill
OF Woodward Bros, is in progress at Mobiles
vile.
The members of the Montgomery county bar
held meeting yesterday and adopted memo
rial on the death of Austin P. Reynolds, late
county clerk.
Morse Reese, of New Richmond, Montgomery
county. has been bound over to await the action
OF the grand jury on charge of passing coun-
| terfeit money.
Hon. William Carr, prominent citizen of
Columbia City. native of England. died Mon
day. Deceased was ffty-three years old and
represented his county in the lower branch of
the Indiana Legislature in 1881 and 1888
The Madison WOODEN mill will at once be re-
organized. under the act introduced by Mr..
Linck and passed by the Legislature new
board of directors will be elected on Thursday.
Col. b. Fl. G. Cavins. of Bloomfield, has re-
ceived information of the unexpected death of
his son. Dr. Samuel r. Cavins OF Altoona. Tenn.
He was well known in Bloomfield and the news
of his death received with sorrow and re-
greet
At Nincennes. Yesterday, Judge Malott over
ruled the motion for suspension of Judgment
IN the case OF ex-Treasurer Holingsworth, for
embezzlement. and the three years. sentence
will stand unless set aside by the Supreme
Court.
The citizens of Greencastle have caught or to
the natural gas craze. A company has beer
organized and plenty of money subscribed to
thoroughly test the whole matter, and now only
awaits the coming of some experts to do the
drilling.
William O. Laughlin, the old gentleman from
Let's Corner, who bought his fine coffin few
days SINCE is now in trouble over it. No one in
Let's Corner will give him a place to store it.
Neither his daughter nor any of the neighbors
will have 1t about, and it still remains in the
depot.
Patrick Noon, of Madison, who was shot by
his brother Dennis, on Monday night, is still
| alive. but DR. Lewis regards his wound fatal
The unfortunate young man has made a sworn
| statement generating his brother from all
blame. The latter surrendered to the authori-
ties soon after the shooting.
VIII FARRELL exsheriff of Union county, his
mother. and Jennie Doke, domestic. shortly
after eating breakfast Monday morning, were
attacked with symptoms of arsenical poisoning.
Mrs. FARRELL. aged seventy five, and Miss Doke
are IN very critical condition, with little hope
of recovery. The poison is supposed to have
been in some corn cakes, which formed part
OF the morning rlea!.
The search for the body of young John Muir
| ply who was drowned, on Monday evening, in
the Wabash, at Fiucennes, went on all Monday
night and up till noon yesterday, hut without
| result Dynamite was exploded, the river was
thoroughly dragged. and every expedient that
| could be thought of was resorted to. His father
is distracted. and crowds have thronged the
riverside ali day. The young man was very
popular.
The Southern Indiana Teachers Association,
| to meet in Madison March %, "a and % prom
ses to be of the largest and most interesting
sessions held in the history of its organization
| Representatives from the leading universities,
colleges, normal schools, and high schools, as
we'll as county and city superintendent of the
State, are on the programme, either to read
papers OF take part in the discussions Of the
convention.